Speaking at the launch of a charity game to be staged in memory of the 96 Hillsborough victims, Dalglish said: "I don’t think anyone could have foreseen what is happening at the moment. I don’t think anyone at Manchester United is happy with what is going on.

"They will try and use the transfer window to rectify it a bit, but it might take them two or three transfer windows to get where they want to be. I don’t think anyone would have predicted they would be out of two cups, sixth in the league and two down to Olympiacos."